King James Version
1 Samuel 18:16 in the King James Version says “But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.”
1 Samuel 18:16 · KJV
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him. behaved: or, prospered
Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him. valiant: Heb. a son of valour
And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“But all Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“and Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“because he went out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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